The Rest is Noise is the personal weblog of Alex Ross, the music critic at the New Yorker. Not just music, but things found and observed as well: "The most chilling inscription I've found [written in a used book] was in a paperback of Lord Jim: "Texas School Book Depository, 1963." Originally seen at me-fi.

The Star of the East is a conceptual design for a 'leading-edge integrated renewable energy station' - a new type of power station that melds windfarm with biomass renewable energy. Truly science fiction in scope (although the site notes that 'Of course this is only the very initial suggestion of what things might look like'), it's not surprising to find that architect Will Alsop is involved. More info (pdf).